Prosesor ini kinerjanya masih dibawah Core 2 Duo karena kecepatan FSB yang diturunkan dan juga L2 Cache yang dipotong. Intel Sandy Bridge processors might be a lot cooler and eat lesser energy as compared to its predecessors. In the Intel system there is no such thing as a FSB, the chipset is straight integrated to the CPU.

The new Extreme Edition of i7 processors may also be available in an 8-core model (the i7-6900K for $1,089) and 6-core variants (the $617 i7-6850K and the $434 i7-6800K). Pentium II mempunyai seri Intel 233 MHz, Intel Pentium 266 MHz, Intel Pentium 300 mhz.